I recently had the opportunity to return to Miami for a day. Unfortunately we were booked out at a hotel by the airport. As this was a ‘day off’ I was only traveling with my Canon 28-300mm lens (B&H). While it has a great range for travel, I would have preferred a wider angle to capture the shot below – I would have liked to have gotten in front of the newspaper boxes, the electrical box, the trash can and the fire hydrant. I toyed with the idea of cloning them out but decided it wasn’t worth the time. The image below is an HDR of three frames with a four EV range. I was fortunate that the two guys under the awning didn’t move between frames so I didn’t have to deal with any ghosting. It took a while and a few series to get a clean view with nobody walking or driving through the frame. I was inspired to take this series by a picture hanging in our hotel room. I’ll post the then-and-now of that image later since it was towards the southern end of Ocean Drive and the Betsy Ross is at the north end. I couldn’t really decide which I liked better, the color or black and white version I made so I posted both. A cop-out I know, but my inspiration image was a black and white. Oh, and given a free choice between staying at the Betsy or out at the airport again, I’d most certainly take the Betsy!
